Sudan (Al Sudan)

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john sefton
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Sudan (Al Sudan)

Post by john sefton » Mon May 22, 2017 3:32 pm

Nile passenger vessel plying between Cairo and Aswan.
Built in Egypt in 1910, 666 berths for tourists and crew of 74.
Length 82m beam 12m.
LB 11/86
Egypt 1957 10m Sg 569 (I don't have the stamp)

aukepalmhof
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Re: Sudan (Al Sudan)

Post by aukepalmhof » Mon May 22, 2017 9:29 pm

She is still in service as a Nile cruise vessel: http://www.steam-ship-sudan.com/en/le-bateau/histoire/

Scott no398 (the sailing vessel is a FELUCCA.)

http://www.clydeships.co.uk the source on the ship gives then. There is some doubt about the origins of SUDAN. She may have been assembled at the Thomas Cook shipyard at Boulac, Cairo from a supply from Bow.McLachlan. More likely she was a rebuilding of one of the WWI hospital paddlers that were in Egypt in 1920, possibly with a new engine.


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D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen
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Re: Sudan (Al Sudan)

Post by D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen » Tue May 23, 2017 6:56 pm

Built in 1910 by Bow McLachlan Paisley, Scotland, #315, for Thomas Cook, Egypt.
Passenger river steamer, 600 tons, L:69m. (228 ') B:9.80m (32') Draft:2.90m. (9.5') 2-3 cyl. inclined triple expansion engines each 500 ihp. 9.5 kn. 23 cabins including 5 suites.
Owner: Thomas Cook Egypt until 1950; Fouad Serageddin 1950- LTI Hotels, operator Eastmar Nile, Aswan.

PS SUDAN is a passenger-carrying side-wheel paddle steamer on the River Nile in Egypt. Along with PS ARABIA she was one of the largest river steamers in Thomas Cook's Nile fleet. The director John Guillermin filmed some scenes of the 1978 film of Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile aboard SUDAN. The steamer spent the latter years of the 20th century laid up and in deteriorating condition but new French owners bought her in 2000 and returned her to service in 2001.

In 2004, it was again used for an adaptation of Death on the Nile.

(Historic Ships, Norman J. Brouwer + Internet)
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